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WIRE NBTTING.

No. 388,001. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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WIRE NETTING. No. 388,001. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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BENJAMIN SCARLES, OF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLINTON\VIRE CLOTH COMPANY, OF SAME PLAOE,

WlRE-NETTlNG.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,001, dated August14, 1888.

Application filed August 19, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIK SOARLES, of Clinton, in the county ofWorcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Wire-Netting, of which the following is adescription suiiiciently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an isometricalperspective view of a piece or web of my improved wire-netting; Fig. 2,a side elevation of a piece or web of ordinary wire-netting; Fig. 3, anenlarged view of one of the twists and barbs, and Fig. 4 a sideelevation showing a modification of the improvement.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

In ordinary wire-netting the wires of which the web is composed areunited orinterlocked by being twisted together or coiled around eachother at regular intervals, the untwisted portions of the wires beingseparated or opened outwardly to form the meshes, and every alternaterow of twists made in an opposite direction-that is to say, the wiresare first twisted to the left and then to the right, as shown in Fig. 2,the twists in being to the left and the twists a: to the right. Thisform of construction is, however, objectionable in some respects, thefabric being too flexible for many purposes and no means being affordedof e11- larging the meshes when desired without cutting the wires. It isalso nnprovided with barbs for effectually stopping cattle, horses,hens, the, when used for fences.

My invention is designed to obviate these and other objections; and tothat end I make use of means which will be readily understood by allconversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the web of netting, considered as a whole;B G, the wires of which the body of the web is composed; D D, thesclvagewires, and K the barbs.

For convenience of reference, I denominate Serial No. 211,357. (Nomodel.)

the interlocked wires between either two of the meshes the twist, anddivide each twist into three sections, the right-hand section, E,lefthand section, H, and center section, J, the wires which form sectionE being twisted to the right, those forming section H to the left, andthose forming section J curved or bent outwardly and left untwisted.

The wires are united or interlocked at intervals by being twistedtogether first to the right, as shown in section E, and then to theleft, as shown in section H, in the same twist-that is to say, in eachtwist or twisted portion of the wires the two wires of which the twistis composed are first twisted to the right and then to the left, or viceversa, as best seen in Fig. 3, in which the wire B, beginning at theleft of said figure, passes to the right beneath O at a, then to theleft over 0 at Z), then to the right under 0 at d, and then to the leftover O atf, the two wires being properly bent and wound around eachother from c tof to form section H. T

At fthe direction of the wire 13 is changed and it is turned to theright back over the wire C at Z, then to the left under 0 at c, then tothe right again over 0 at t, and finally under 0 at z, the two wiresbeing properly bent and wound around each other from Z to z to form theright-hand section E.

At the center of the twist between I and f the wires are curvedoutwardly in opposite directions, as shown at i i, the oppositelytwisted sections E H and curved portions i i rendering the twists muchfirmer and more rigid than in the ordinary fabric.

The barb K consists, preferably, of a piece of wire pointed at eitherend. and secured in position by being coiled at its center around one ofthe curved portions 13 of the twist in such a manner as to leave itsends projecting on opposite sides of the fabric and standing at rightangles to the plane thereof.

Instead of coiling the barb around the curved portion '8 of one of thewires composing the twist, it may be secured in position between saidcurved portions in any other suitable manner to cause its ends toproject laterally, as shown in Fig. 1. This, for instance, may beaccomplished readily by bending or corrugating the body of the barb nearits center, inserting it between the curved portions 2' i of the twist,and then bending said curved portions down upon each other in such amanner as to firmly grasp the corrugated portion of the barb.

The barbs may also be arranged to project vertically, if desired, or onthe same plane with the body of the fabric, as shown in Fig. 4, when thenetting is made with coarse meshes and used for fences to stop hens andother fowls, in which case a quarter-turn more or a quarter-turn lessshould be taken in the twist than when the barbs project laterally. Thewires from a to f in section H being twisted to the left and from Z tozvin section-E to the right, it will be obvious that any tendency ofeither section or half of the twist to uncoil or untwist will becounteracted by the other half or section, thus keeping all the parts inproper position, including the barb K. When the netting is constructedin the ordinary manner, or as shown in Fig. 2, each of the wirescomposing the twist may be readily turned on or around its companionwire, like the two members of a hinge, thus renden ing the fabric moreflexible than is desirable when used in a fence, and also making itdifficult to so attach barbs to the twists that they will be kept inproper position; but in my improved netting the wires composing thetwists are prevented from turning on or around each other by twistingthe sections E H in opposite directions and by section J, consisting ofthe outwardly-curved portions it at the center of the twist, whichoverlap and cannot be readily revolved or turned around each other, thusrendering the twist or joint very rigid, the-rigidity being imparted totheentire fabric, and also keeping the barbs K in proper position.

In making the netting the wires composing the left-hand section II maybe twisted to gether from a to f, and those composing the right-handsection from 2 to l, or vice versa, as preferred, provided the twistwhen formed is as shown and described.

It is sometimes necessary in the use of on dinary wire-netting toenlarge one or more of the meshes in order to adapt it to receive apost, pin, or rail which is larger than the mesh, and to do this thewires of which the web is composed have to be cut, thereby greatlyweakening the fabric and rendering it liable to unravel unless greatcare is used in securing the cut wires; but in my improved netting themeshes may be readily enlarged at 'saooi any point by inserting a properimplement between the curved portions 2' i of the section J, anduntwisting the wires in a manner that will be readily obvious without amore ex-.

manner as the wires 13 O, and provided with barbs K at the twists, asshown in Fig. 1.

It is preferable to take three turns in the wires composing each of thesections E H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3; but I do not confine myself tomaking any special number of turns or twists in the wires, as one ormore may be taken,as desired. Neither do I confine myself to bending thewires composing section J in the elliptical form shown, as they may bebent in any other suitable shape to receive the barb K and properly formthe section J; nor to providing each of the twists with a barb; nor toconstructing the barbs with two projecting arms or points. As I havemade a netting constructed as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, with theexception of the barbs K, the subject-matter of another application forLetters Patent, I do not herein claim the same, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A wire-nettingthe wires of which are interlocked between the meshes by twists,severally comprising a right-hand turn, alefthand turn, and anintermediate eye, in combination with a wire barb composed of a separatepiece of wire provided with pointed ends, said wire barb being passedthrough said eye and turned around one of the wires thereof,substantially as described.

2. A barbed wire netting composed of straight selvage-wires andintermediate warpwires, the warp-wires being united at intervals bytwists which severally comprise a righthand turn, a left-hand turn, andan intermediate eye, one of said warp-wires at each side of the nettingbeing united at intervals with the adjacent selvage-wire by twists whichseverally comprise a right-hand turn, a lefthand turn, and anintermediate eye, said netting being provided with wire barbs which arepassed through said eyes and twisted around one of the wires thereof,substantially as described. 1

' BENJAMIN SOARLES.

- Witnesses:

O. M. SHAW,

O. A. SHAW.

